On 01/15/2013 06:58 AM, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote:
all "voting" processes are based on emails today (well, other than patches which go through gerrit). (we vote on infra on "technical" repo aspects, say here, since this repo is part of the reports subprojects, same for java-sdk). but for a new repo/subproject/concept, we actually go through the board mailing list. I see where you are going. From the Infra point of view, should we decide if a request for a repo is reasonable? Developers know if they need them, the Board is the decider if something is outside of a simple repo request, such as the net-new repo/subproject/concept you mention. By this I mean, I don't think there is any voting to be done by the team.
By the time a request comes to the Infra team, should it already be vetted as reasonable and needed?
I think we use common sense and suggest going to board on things which aren't a logistical/technical change.